The consequences of seniors seeking health information using the internet and other sources

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 457-460

  Medlock, Stephanie ^a   Eslami, Saeid ^a,b   Askari, Marjan ^a   Sent, Danielle ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a   Abu Hanna, Ameen ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aged; Information Seeking Behavior; Internet

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SURVEYS;

AGED; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; IT FOR HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EMPOWERMENTS;

INFORMATION USE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894352289     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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